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January 21, 2014
Our Turn to Bless
Friday is the first anniversary of my mom's passing, so this blog is in her honor.
In the cemetery where my mother is buried are the graves of several generations of women in my family. Strong women, loving women who had class, grit, and gumption. As I stood among their headstones, this realization came to me: We have so many days allotted to us to bless the world around us, and then it’s somebody else’s turn. Let’s make the most of our turn to bless.
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January 6, 2014
A Person's Worth
A person’s worth is not summed up in what he or she can do for us. Neither is God’s. His worth is in who He is, what He does, how He does it, and why He does it. It’s in His “bright and warm,” in His ways of peace and truth, and in the fullness of His character and personality.
Father, we rejoice over You.
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December 29, 2013
Stress Relievers: Hold Your Soul Close to God
Life, circumstances, and some people can hold our souls close to harm—things that discourage us, ruin our self-image, entice us to take up bad attitudes or habits, or cause us to doubt what we know is true and good. When our souls are held close to harm for too long, attitudes can form that isolate us from other people such as “I don’t need anyone,” or “Don’t mess with me.” We can become angry or hope...
December 16, 2013
Stress Relievers: Focusing on the Goal
Focusing only on the goal, the “destination,” of what I’m working on, makes me impatient. I realized that the goal isn’t the only important thing. The process of reaching the goal is also important. Every day of the process is another day of life with God, who is with us, helping us, sharing the adventure with us of moving toward the goal, whatever it may be. In that process and in those struggles, we come to know Him better and r...
December 9, 2013
Stress Relievers
"Stress" is the word that will be written across the year 2013 in my memory. It began when my mom passed away in January. It was difficult to grasp the reality that she is no longer here, and it was hard to see all of her treasures being dispersed from her home. Then we had to do some work on her house to get it ready to sell. We had a few bumps along the way as we were trying to find contractors. A few weeks later, we started a new business, and not many of th...
September 27, 2013
Lessons from Home - Introduction
“Lessons from Home” are those bits of wisdom and encouragement that we learned when we were growing up, the ones passed down to us from those who love us. We may have received insights from an older brother or sister about how to be a good friend, from our mom about the value of faithfulness and loyalty, or from our dad about the practical expressions of honor.
The worth of these lessons became clear as we grew older. They added quality to our relati...
